Porteris | Aldaris

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Poured a deep dark brown with some ruby tint when held to the light, athinner but well sustained off white head atop.Mainly roast and earth in the nose,there is a bit of a dark fruit not but its rather faint.Flavors are roasted with a passing smokey whiff,sweetness comes from a caramel and dark fruit component,pretty well rounded with with the roast being most prevelent.A well rounded Baltic porter,good roast with decent sweetness.

Dark chocolate brown, reddish light transmission at the bottom, appears clearish. Very creamy yellow tan head with good clinging lace. Pleasant malty aroma, karob and cocoa influenced. Thick and very lowly carbonated, caramel and chocolate flavors but with a sense of peach brandy flavor and some alcoholic tones. Little hoppiness and lots of coating aftertaste. Some hard roasted bite, but in the long run, not nearly enough. A little thick and sweet overall, an OK drink. Looks like one of my stores is promising more brews from this area of the world in the near future...

After rediscovering the joy of Okocim Porter, I've been picking up a lot of Baltic Porters. Living near a large Eastern European population makes it pretty easy.

Sadly most of my local retailers do not have Okocim (at least the porter) so I've tried some good and some bad. Thankfully this is one of the former.

I'm pretty sure this is the first beer I've had from Latvia and it's a good one. The color is a deep dark brown with a well pronounced head lacing about the glass. The aroma provides malt and a slight bit of alcohol. The taste is quite more. Caramel from the malts provide a sweetness followed by an almost brandy finish.

It's smooth in body and relatively easy to drink. One of the better beers from the Baltic countries that I've tried.

A: predominantly a soft dark wood hue. Not transparent but the edges do have a light golden brown glow when held up to a light source. Lacing is a random spattering of cramped blobs all around, rather nice. All in all, nothing to fancy just run of the mill and in a good way

S: bread and yeast-like smells with caramel and malts. Overall it has that typical dextrose maltiness wallowing about. It contains sugar, yeast, and a few dark fruits

T: mostly burnt caramel and lightly roasted malts, if any. Building on this dyad of flavors is a minuscule addition of sour astringency, stale coffee grounds, and a hint of medicinal notes lingering. To be honest, I find this kinda lame overall

M: close to creamy and finishes decent. The body is medium in weight with some dull clammy features staining the tongue (coffee grounds, sour earthy notes)

Dark mahogany with a compacted sandstone crown.
Nose full of chocolate-covered raisins, raw grain, and caramel.
Begins with a nod towards roastedness. Minor bitter chocolate and mocha hues. Steps towards raisins and caramel (which is, by far, the dominant flavor). Turns grainier later. A bit lacto-sour. Ends sweet, with a caramel-drizzled raisin bread continuation. It's well-balanced in its sweet-harsh axis. But it fails to stand out with any true noteworthiness per the style.
Drinks easier than its heft and body suggest.
This is a decent, simplistic, Baltic Porter, and nothing more. Nice enough for the price.

Bottle from Beers of the World. Pours black with white topping head. Some decent roast aroma. Taste is very licorice and mollasses,some cinammon and spices, toasted malt. Average mouthfeel. Drinkable, but not very, 500 ml. is a lot. Nothing unusually good here.

A - A big fat solid two finger head charges to the top of the brew and stays put for a long time. The tan head is creamy, solid, and dense. It almost looks like that foamy spray insulation that can be used to coat industrial spaces. There is a white layer of cream on top of the tan foam...thats something that I've never seen before; a two tones head! The brew itself is pitch black with the lightest hints of brown around the edge when held directly to the snow-blinding light outside my sliding door. Lots of sparkling lace sticks to the snifter, and a quick swirl brings the head back to a full two fingers.

T - Again, mashed overripe fruit like you might taste in a little jar of baby food. There is also a very obvious alcohol component that is an integrated part of the flavor. This one is a bit to sweet IMO, and it would do better with more massive hops and a bit less sugar.

M - Full bodied and viscous. This has the feeling of mashed baby food in the mouth. Carbonation is graciously understated, and some alcohol warmth is apparent. Creamy initially, the feel fades to a nice warm touch of booze before finishing on the sweeter side. Lots of sugars coat the mouth here.

D - Not the best Baltic Porter ever, but it's not bad. Could be a great dessert beer, but it's just to damn sweet for regular drinking. I like the nose, but the flavors are far less complex and fail to deliver the variety of notes that I smell.

A true Baltic Porter, brewed by Latvia's biggest brewery Aldaris, which is owned by Baltic Beverages Holdings. Additionally, this porter appears to be the only one brewed in the small country of Latvia.

A clear, deep ruby stained mahogany body is capped by a creamy lid of light tan foam. It's retention is good, and it maintains a thin surface covering throughout the first half of the glass. Some limited spotty lace also adds to the appearance. The nose is pleasantly sweet with notes of toffee and raisins. The body is firm and the carbonation is very fine and soft; leaving it quite silky in the mouth with an almost liqueur-like feel that's probably due in part to it's 6.8% alcohol by volume. The flavor is richly malty, and tempered with a clear note of alcohol that helps to thin it and leaves a mild pepperiness in the finish. It's fruity (raisin, fig) although it's probably a lager; and delivers a solid note of burnt brown sugar. It's not roasty, nor is it chocolatey - but it's quite caramelish and toffee-like. It finishes with a lingering note of dark sugar and some peppery alcohol. Quite interesting; highly enjoyable; and with a good level of drinkability even at 6.8%! Certainly worth trying.

16.9oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours a dark brownish black with a fizzy tan head. The aroma is malt and sweet caramel. The taste is on the sweet side and malty much like the aroma. Overall, this is a pretty good porter that is certainly worth a try. Recommended.

Picked up a 500ml bottle for $2 at Euro Market. I'd like more roast in this beer, instead it's too sweet, with a slight cola. There's a chocolate edge to it, but overall the beer isn't that pleasant. It reminds me of the Caribbean's sugary export stouts, but it's as tasty. The body is appropriately thick for a 6.8% porter, and the body is dark brown with red highlights. Not expensive, but not really worth a try unless you love the style.

Poured from a 500 ML bottle into a pint glass at the World of Beer in Savannah, GA. The appearance is a dark brown color with a giant tan colored head. The aroma was really great, it was full of chocolate and roasted malt. The taste matched the aroma with some coffee tossed in for good measure.

Deep ruby red, looks almost black when not in a strong light. Not much aroma, a bit of malt and alcohol. Flavour is mainly malt with an underlying sweetness: caramel and a hint of molasses. Aftertaste is malty and quite sweet, not overbearing but about the right level; this is a nice beer, dangerously smooth and easy to drink - though a bit more balancing bitterness or roast character wouldn't go amiss.

When poured into my glass, this beer poured a medium tan head of fine-small sized bubbles. The lacing was next to nothing on the sides of my glass. The hue of this beer was brown. The aroma was that of licorice and chocolate. This porter had a smooth and sweet taste to it and not a bad porter in my opinion.